Publisher: Imaginarium Kim
“Band 1” is a chronological collection of previously published short stories by Ithaka O.- - -List of stories in this collection Moonlight Through the Manhole To Me Who Is Useless Because They Don’t Bleed Red Silver Lining Replaceables Museum of Earth Art
TALES FROM THE VILLAGEby Quentin Drummond Anderson POWER. TRADITION. SECRETS. CHANGE. In Trenton Stable, a picturesque English village, centuries of history and hidden truths lie beneath the surface. Behind manicured hedges, a battle unfolds between preservation and progress. Edward Sherston, eighth-generation squire, faces unprecedented challenges to his ordered world. Through eleven interconnected stories, witness his evolution as power shifts beneath his feet. From "The Family Pew," where a ghostly presence signals unfinished business, to "The Carol's Echo," where a newcomer reveals buried connections, Anderson explores community power with precision. Supernatural elements embody suppressed histories: an amber brooch granting longevity, impossible roses, ancient boundary stones revealed during a hunt. When traditions are challenged—from carnival queen selection to development plans—Edward must decide if stewardship means control or embracing change. Anderson's crystalline prose captures both village details and psychological complexities. His dialogue brilliantly conveys the English art of saying one thing while meaning another. The village emerges as the most compelling character—a living entity with an identity beyond any individual's control. For readers of rural British fiction, these stories examine how community structures are maintained, challenged, and transformed, bringing contemporary sensibility to countryside novels. These tales will haunt—not merely through supernatural elements, but through insights into how power shapes lives and how established hierarchies contain seeds of transformation. Available March 2025 from The Writers Collective Hardcover | eBook | AudiobookShow book
50 First Dates meets Princess Bride... Roman can't help falling for the girl next door, even though she forgets who he is... every single day. He'll stop at nothing to figure out the cause of her memory loss if it means there's a chance she might fall for him.Show book
The best of cult author Bruno Schulz's captivatingly strange and beautiful short stories.The stories in this collection are rich, tangled, and suffused with mystery and wonder. In the narrowing, winding city streets, strange figures roam. Great flocks of birds soar over rooftops, obscuring the sun. Cockroaches appear through cracks and scuttle across floorboards. Individuals careen from university buildings to dimly lit parlour rooms, through strange shops and endless storms. Crowded with moments of stunning beauty, the stories in this collection showcase Schulz's darkly modern sensibility, and his status as one of the great transformers of the ordinary into the fantastical.Show book
Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio. When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio. Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years. He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the US-Spanish War of 1898. He then entered Wittenberg Academy in Springfield, Ohio to complete his education before moving back to Chicago to take up a writing job. In 1904 he married Cornelia Lane, her family had resources and Anderson was keen, with this family backing, to run a business. The early years of their marriage produced 3 children but a nervous breakdown in 1907 and another in 1912, despite his success as a business entrepreneur, resulted in him abandoning his family and deciding that a literary career would be best for him. A move back to Chicago resulted in a job in advertising, a divorce from Cornelia and marriage to Tennessee Mitchell. That same year his first book ‘Windy McPherson’s Son’ was released and in 1919, his most famous book, ‘Winesburg, Ohio’, a collection of short stories about life in an Ohio town was released. Anderson continued to write short stories, novels and non-fiction but his only true bestseller came with ‘Dark Laughter’. His influence on writers that followed, from Faulkner to Hemingway, was immense. He also married a further two times. Sherwood Anderson died in in Colón, Panama, on the 8th March, 1941. He was 64. An autopsy revealed that a swallowed toothpick had resulted in peritonitis. His headstone epitaph reads ‘Life, Not Death is the Great Adventure.’Show book
Some scents linger far beyond the body… straight into the soul. In the narrow bylanes of an old town, the air carries an unusual fragrance—sweet, musky, ancient. It comes from a small, forgotten shop, where an old man sells attar that no one remembers buying... but everyone who smells it, changes. When Prashant, a mild-mannered government employee, follows the strange scent one evening, he disappears without a trace—only to return five days later, strangely quiet, eyes hollow, and mind blank. What begins as a curious case of memory loss turns into a slow spiral into terror as his family notices the subtle shifts: the way mirrors fog around him, how dogs growl in his presence, and how the scent of attar never leaves his skin. As dreams bleed into waking life and whispers echo in locked rooms, one question hangs in the air like perfume: What did Prashant inhale that night… and what part of him never came back? A haunting blend of psychological dread and supernatural mystery, Smell of Souls will make you question what's real, what's remembered, and what's left behind.Show book
People aspire to make the world a better place in many ways. Some decorate any ugly space that offends the eye, another might take up justice's flaming sword and sally forth to tilt at windmills. All good intentions come at a cost. Some are rewarded, others demand the ultimate price. All these stories are free to read at www.booksfromdodo.ukShow book
